'Terra Nova' exec dismisses 'Lost' links

Terra Nova's executive producer Alex Graves has dismissed suggestions that the show is similar to Lost.

Terra Nova, which will premiere on Fox later this year, focuses on a group of people who travel back to prehistoric times to begin a new civilisation.

The show has been compared to Lost, but Graves denied the claims at the Television Critics Association tour.

According to TV Guide, he said: "This has nothing to do with Lost for one major reason - it's so made for a massively broad audience. Terra Nova, more than anything I've ever done in my life, is for everybody."

Graves also suggested that the show has a realistic element.

"It's about people starting over again in the same context that people are doing that today," he explained. "It just happens to be in a more exotic locale. It's very much grounded in the accurate record that one imagines might've been possible."